STIGQter: STIG Summary: IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

AIX must record time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

DISA Rule

SV-215255r508663_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-215255

Group Title

SRG-OS-000359-GPOS-00146

Rule Version

AIX7-00-002038

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001890 - The information system records time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Change time zone setting to either UCT or GMT, then reboot the system for the setting to take effect.

# chtz UCT
Or change time zone to GMT
# chtz GMT

then
# reboot

Check Contents

Check the time zone setting by the following command:
# echo $TZ
UCT

If the result is not UCT or GMT, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-215255

Documentable

False

Rule Version

AIX7-00-002038

Severity Override Guidance

Check the time zone setting by the following command:
# echo $TZ
UCT

If the result is not UCT or GMT, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4012

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